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bace.

A blow; a drubbing.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A blow; a drubbing.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.

noun
  1. Obsolete form of base.

    alt-of · obsolete
adj
  1. Obsolete form of base.

    alt-of · obsolete
verb
  1. Obsolete form of base.

    alt-of · obsolete
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